| Deposit ID | 10088967 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00112 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Panguitch Clinoptilolite Occurrence |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.46439, 37.94192 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2070 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MI S 60 W OF ROUTE 89-ROUTE 20 INTERSECTION AT BEAR VALLEY JUNCTION. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Panguitch NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Panguitch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 033S | 005W | 18 | SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zeolites | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clinoptilolite | Ore |
| Result | SITE INVESTIGATION SAMPLES PNW-5 AND PNW-6: QUALITATIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION: MAJOR CLINOPTILOLITE, FELDSPAR |
|---|---|
| Result | SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES OF PERCENT CLINOPTILOLITE: 48, 47, RESPECTIVELY |
| Result | NH4+ CEC: .20, .21 MEQ/GM, RESPECTIVELY. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Bear Valley Formation; |
| Rock description | Bear Valley Formation; |
| (1) | -112.46439, 37.94192 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1969 |
| Discoverer | J.J. Anderson |
| District name | Bear Valley Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00112 |
TRIPP, B.T., 1988, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
ANDERSON, J.J., AND ROWLEY, P.D., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PANGUITCH NW QUADRANGLE, IRON AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY MAP 103, 1:24,000.
MAYES, B.H., AND TRIPP, B.T., 1990?, ZEOLITE RESOURCES OF UTAH, A RECONNAISSANCE: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT (FORTH COMING). REFERENCE 5 F5 < TRIPP, B.T., 1987?, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURS AS LIGHT TO MODERATE CEMENT IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE. AIR-FALL TUFF LAYERS ARE APPARENTLY SCARCE AND THIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Mayes, Bea | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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